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In Los Angeles, more than a thousand people sleep on the street in cardboard boxes and tents — just a mile away from City Hall.<p>This is Skid Row, and compared to the affluent downtown areas that practically surround it, the area is like a different planet. Fifty blocks of sidewalk are jammed with people who live on the street, with all of their worldly possessions crammed into shopping carts and crates.<p>In the hot midday Southern California sun, the place stinks of urine, human excrement and garbage.Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:07:00 +0000Arun Rath8766 at http://wrur.orgAs Downtown LA Grows, So Does Urgency To Fix Skid RowIn South Korea, Ferry Rescue Efforts Yield Only Grisly Resultshttp://wrur.org/post/south-korea-ferry-rescue-efforts-yield-only-grisly-results
Transcript <p>ARUN RATH, HOST: <p>It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR West. I'm Arun Rath. It has been a grim Easter Sunday for relatives of passengers who were on the ferry that capsized off the coast of South Korea on Wednesday. The death toll from that disaster is now over 50, with about 240 people still missing, most of them high school students. Today, divers started retrieving bodies from inside the vessel.<p>NPR's Anthony Kuhn is covering the story in Seoul and joins us now. Anthony, it took divers about four days before they could get in the ship and recover bodies.Sun, 20 Apr 2014 22:43:00 +0000Arun Rath6113 at http://wrur.orgIn Defiance Of Arrests, Protests Erupt Again In Venezuelahttp://wrur.org/post/defiance-arrests-protests-erupt-again-venezuela
Transcript <p>ARUN RATH, HOST: <p>Now to Venezuela where violent clashes continue between antigovernment protesters and national guard security forces who are using water cannons and tear gas to break up demonstrations. On Friday, dozens of people, including journalists, were arrested. And on Saturday, more protests erupted around the city. So far, 18 people have died.<p>Joining us now in Caracas is reporter Girish Gupta who has been covering the unrest.Sun, 02 Mar 2014 22:12:00 +0000Arun Rath5587 at http://wrur.orgA Sound Of Fear, Forged In The Shadow Of Warhttp://wrur.org/post/sound-fear-forged-shadow-war
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMRmV1Sj6j4</p>Sat, 23 Nov 2013 23:07:00 +0000Arun Rath4597 at http://wrur.orgA Sound Of Fear, Forged In The Shadow Of WarThe Minds Behind 'Einstein On The Beach' Talk Shophttp://wrur.org/post/minds-behind-einstein-beach-talk-shop
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ5hTfDzU9A</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMUM_ANh8Fg</p>Sat, 12 Oct 2013 21:15:00 +0000Arun Rath4006 at http://wrur.orgThe Minds Behind 'Einstein On The Beach' Talk ShopAngola 3 Inmate Tastes Brief, 'Bittersweet' Freedomhttp://wrur.org/post/angola-3-inmate-tastes-brief-bittersweet-freedom
Herman Wallace <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/04/229315414/angola-3-inmate-dies-just-days-after-being-freed">died early Friday</a> in New Orleans, three days after gaining his freedom. Wallace had spent the previous 41 years in solitary confinement in Louisiana.<p>While already serving a 50-year sentence for armed robbery, Wallace was convicted of the murder of a prison guard in 1974, along with Robert King and Albert Woodfox.Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:45:00 +0000Arun Rath3915 at http://wrur.orgAngola 3 Inmate Tastes Brief, 'Bittersweet' FreedomHow Verdi Improved On Shakespearehttp://wrur.org/post/how-verdi-improved-shakespeare
<em></em>This past week may have been <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2013/10/03/228921298/its-been-a-really-bad-week-for-classical-music" target="_blank">a rough one for the classical world</a>, but there is something to look forward to.<p>This coming week, we celebrate the 200th birthday of <a href="http://www.npr.org/artists/16927552/giuseppe-verdi" target="_blank">Giuseppe Verdi</a>, composer of the best opera of all time. (That's right, Wagner fans. Start writing those letters.)<p>I'm talking about Verdi's spectacular rendering of <em>Othello, the Moor of Venice.Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:45:00 +0000Arun Rath3916 at http://wrur.orgHow Verdi Improved On Shakespeare